PLAINVIEW, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 12/26/12 -- NeuLion, Inc. (TSX: NLN), a leading enabler and provider of live and on-demand sports content to Internet-connected devices, today announced that the Company has partnered with TSN, Canada's sports leader and #1 specialty network, and the National Hockey League (NHL) to deliver to fans, in Canada and the United States, respectively, the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship Tournament. TSN is a division of Bell Media, which is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE), Canada's largest communications company.

The NeuLion Sports Platform will deliver, through TSN.ca, live streaming of all games, including pre-competition match-ups and games on demand. Canadian fans can purchase a tournament streaming package or select games to watch online or on their mobile and tablet devices. Full tournament package (20 games) is $19.99 and per game cost is $3.99. Fans can go to http://worldjuniors.tsn.ca/tsn/ for information and to subscribe. Last year, 15.4 million Canadians watched some part of the World Juniors on TSN.

"The World Juniors has become a Canadian hockey holiday tradition and this is an opportunity for fans to watch TSN's coverage of the tournament live from their PCs, smartphones or tablets," said Mark Silver, Head of Digital for TSN. "We are looking forward to working with the NeuLion team to give fans a best-in-class online experience as they cheer on Team Canada."

Separately, in the United States, the NeuLion Sports Platform will deliver, through NHL.com, a complimentary digital service to fans to watch all of Team USA's games live on NHL.com. The live coverage, only available inside the U.S., will be supplemented by wraparound content on NHL.com including the latest tournament information, scores, and highlights to ensure fans don't miss any of the action.

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"We will be providing extensive coverage of the 2013 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship on NHL.com and NHL Network," said Steve McArdle, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Planning for the NHL. "We will be delivering more than 15 live games on the NHL Network, and in partnership with NeuLion will stream all of Team USA's games live on NHL.com to our United States audience."

Hosted in Ufa, Russia, the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship will mark the 37th time hockey players under 20 years old have competed in the Championship Tournament. Beginning on December 26, 2012 and ending with the gold medal game on January 5, 2013, this is the first time the event will be held overseas since 2008 in the Czech Republic.

"This is fantastic hockey," said Chris Wagner Executive Vice President of NeuLion. "We are excited to have the opportunity to deliver the live digital experience for all of the games produced by TSN in Canada and give hockey fans in the U.S., through the NHL, a chance to watch all of the action."

About NeuLion Founded in 2004, NeuLion, Inc. (TSX: NLN) offers an end-to-end solution to deliver live and on-demand sports content to any Internet-enabled device. NeuLion enables content owners, distributors and cable operators technology tools that afford them to capitalize on the massive consumer demand for viewing video content on PCs, smartphones, iPads and other similar devices. NeuLion's customers include major sports leagues, cable operators and entertainment companies. NeuLion is based in Plainview, NY. For more information about NeuLion, visit www.neulion.com.

Forward-Looking StatementsCertain statements herein are forward-looking statements and represent NeuLion's current intentions in respect of future activities. These statements, in addressing future events and conditions, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of the words "will," "expect," "seek," "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," and "intend" and statements that an event or result "may," "will," "can," "should," "could," or "might" occur or be achieved and other similar expressions. These factors should be considered carefully and readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this release are based upon what management believes to be reasonable assumptions, NeuLion cannot assure readers that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release and NeuLion assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law. Many factors could cause NeuLion's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including: our ability to realize some or all of the anticipated benefits of our partnerships; general economic and market segment conditions; our customers' subscriber levels and financial health; our continued relationships with our content partners; competitor activity; product capability and acceptance rates; technology changes; regulatory changes; foreign exchange risk; interest rate risk; and credit risk. A more detailed assessment of the risks that could cause actual results to materially differ from current expectations is contained in the "Risk Factors" section of NeuLion's most recent annual report on Form 10-K available on www.sec.gov and filed on www.sedar.com as well as in NeuLion's most recent annual MD&A filed on www.sedar.com.

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